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Specification of Letters lPatent.

Patented July 1c, 1914.

I 7 Application filed May 2, 1914. Serial No. 835,855.

To all whom it may, concern Be it known that I, FLonnNon M. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beds, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates generally to beds, and more particularly to. one of that type used in hospitals.

As is well known, patients in hospitals'are generally removed from their beds once in twentvfour hours in order to permit the mattress to be turned so as to render it more comfortable tothe occupant, and alsoas a sanitary measure. To accomplish this requires the wheeling alongside of the occupied'bedof a second bed upon which the patient is lifted, after which the mattress on the bed occupied is turned, and the pa tient again placed thereon. This Procedure 15 laborious to the attendants, irksome and ofttimespainful to the patient, owing frequently to the inequality inthe height of the two beds, and further, the noise attending the'positioning and removal of the supplemental bedis a source of annoyance to patients who are nervous.

It is the object of the present invention in a ready, thoroughly eflicient and practical manner to combine a supplementalmattress frame with the bed 1n such a mannor as to'permit ofits being readily brought to position to receive 'a mattress upon which the patient may be disposed while that before occupied is turned, the supplemental mattress being adapted readily and easily, when its use is finished, to he slid under the bed proper, and thus out of the-way.

Vith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts of'a supplemental mattress frame and mattress for hospital beds, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bed eouipped with the improvement of the present invention; the supplemental mattress being lifted to receive a patient; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the supplemental mattress in folded position; Fig. 3is

a view in end elevation of a bed with the mattress frame.

supplemental mattress applied thereto, and showingthe same in position to receive the patient; Fig. 4; is a top plan view, on an enlarged scale, partlyin section, exhibiting certain features not clearly shown in the other views. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view.

the-head piece of a bed, 2 the foot piece and the side rails of the mattress proper. These Referring to, the drawings, .1 designates parts may be of the usual or any preferred I 1 construction, but are preferably of metal, on

account of its sanitary qualities, and the ease with which it maybe cleansed and maintained free from noxious germs.

Combined with one of the vertical head and foot pieces, on the same side of the bed, is the supplemental mattressv that constitutes the gist of thepresent invention. This mattress consists of a rectangular frame comprising side frails t and o, andend rails, 6 and 7,the rails being secured at their corners by triangular brace plates 8 that are rigidly riveted to the upper faces of the The mattress is herein shown as constructed of thin strips of metal 9, which are riveted to the rails and areinterwoven in such manner as to present a resilient and smooth surface for receiving'a supplemental mattress upon which the patientzwill be placed while the mattress onthe bed proper is-be'ing turned orchanged.

--The means for combining the end rails 6 and 7 with the two vertical posts referred to, consists of a clip, each of which is a counter 'r-art of the other, so that a description of onewill serve for both. Each clip comprises a band 10 that is designed to surround the vertical post, one side 11 of the clip being straight, and the other side 12 curved around the post, and in closecontact therewith, thence bent inward to form a neck 13 which is secured to the member 11 by a rivet 14;. The side 12 from the neck is disposed at right angles from the member 11, and terminates in a yoke 15, and pivotally connected to the yoke is the shank 16 of a second yoke 17 which is pivotally connected at 18 with the under flange of the end rail of the supplemental mattress frame. This end rail is provided at its inner end.

with an approximately hook-shaped lug 19 there will be no danger of the frame becoming disconnected from the head and foot pieces of the bed. As above stated, this arrangement is the same at both ends of the bed, and its operation will therefore be .ber cushions 21, and each of these legs carries a spring pressed pin 22 that is designed to engage an orifice 23 formed in the adjacent side rails, the object of these catches being to hold the legs assembled with the front side rails when the bed is moved to the position-shown in Fig. 2, that is, under the mattress of the bed proper, and at a suf ficient distance below the same to preclude any interference between the two parts when the supplemental mattress is being positioned. i

' In order to permit inward and outward sliding movement of the supplemental mattress relative to the main mattress, the side flanges of the end rails of the supplemental mattress are provided with longitudinal slots 24 in which the pins 18 are free to slide, so that when the mattress is turned out it may be swung upward and then inward to bring the lugs into engagement with the orifices in the vertical posts of the head and foot piece, and thuslock the supplemental mattress in position, the rubber cushions on the lower ends of the legsiserving to hold them against slippage on the- From the foregoing description it will beseen that although the improvements herein described are simple in character, that they will be thoroughly efficient for the purposes designed, and will coact in the presentation of a sanitary and thoroughly reliable form of supplemental mattress support for beds;

While the invention is described more particularly as combined with a hospital cot or bed, it is to be understood that the invention is clearly adaptable to beds of any character, and as this will be readily (understood, detailed illustration of any modifiedforni of bed is omitted.

Copiesof this patent maybe obtained for 1. The combination with a'bed frame em-v bodying a mattress proper of a supple mental mattress frame occupying a position normally beneath themattress proper, and pivoted. members connected wit-h the bed frame and having a sliding engagement wlth the supplemental mattress frame whereby the latter may be swungupwardto occupy a plane parallel with the mattress propen i i 2. The combination. with the head and foot piece of abed, of clips secured thereto each embodying yoke, a second yoke carried by each of the first named yokes, a supplemental mattress frame having a sliding connection with thetwo second yokes, and pivoted legs carried by'the front rail of the supplemental frame and foldable upwardly thereagainst.

3.-The combination with the' head and foot piece of a bed, of clips secured thereto each embodying a yoke, a second yoke carried byeach of the first namedyokes, a supplemental mattress frame having a sliding connection with the two second yokes, pivoted legs carried'by the front rail of the supplemental frame and foldable upwardly thereagainst, and means for holding the legs, a

secured to the side rail. I Y 4. The combination with the head. and

foot piece of a bed, of a clip secured to vertical posts of each of the pieces'and embodyconnection with each of the first named yokes, a supplemental mattress frame hav-' ing a sliding connection with the'two second yokes, whereby to permit of the supplemental mattress frame being-swung up FLORENCE M. HARRIS.

l/Vitnesses: Q

GEORGE E. .MIDDAUGH, JOHN F. REILLY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. V

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